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spoon-feed
[ spoon-feed, -feed ]
verb (used with object)
, spoon-fed, spoon-feed·ing.
- to cause to be spoon-fed.
spoon-feed
verb
- to feed with a spoon
- to overindulge or spoil
- to provide (a person) with ready-made opinions, judgments, etc, depriving him of original thought or action
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spoon-feed1
First recorded in 1605–15
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Example Sentences
Waiters hoisting massive, gooey hazelnut dacquoise cakes spoon-feed the dancing guests encircling the stage.
From The Daily Beast
Better let them go to hell in their own way than attempt to spoon-feed them.
From Project Gutenberg
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